Men and women learning at the feet of a Guru (teacher)
subject: Gender equality--Women in education
subject: Wall paintings--Degaldoruva Vihara--Kandy (Sri Lanka)
description: It is however heartening to see that the Degaldoruva painter did not confine himself to illustration of women in purely domestic roles. This scene from the Sattubhatta Jataka (one of the former birth stories of the Buddha) shows and equal number of men and women listening to a learned man reading from an ola book.
creator: Sirima Kiribamune
source: Degaldoruva Vihare, Kandy district, Sri Lanka
date: ca. 18th century A.D.
date: Period of study: 1986-1987
date: Version: 01/12/2014
contributor: Co-Author: Seneviratna, Harsha
contributor: Technical Officer: Wijesinghe, Lalith
contributor: Technical Assistant: Jayasundare, Subhashini
contributor: Photographer: Madanayake, I.S.
contributor: International Center for Ethnic Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka
contributor: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
contributor: American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies, Colombo
rights: All rights reserved by International Center for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka.
relation: Forms part of Photographic documentation of Women as depicted in early Sri Lankan sculpture and painting / Slide in present collection
format: JPEG 2000
language: eng
type: image
coverage: ce